Post Tag: 457 Visas

In an effort to give preference to the Australian residents while employing overseas workers, Australian Union has come up with an idea of forming a legal agreement that would grant country based employers to advertise their jobs and set their eyes on Australian citizens before being allowed to hire international workers. The Martin Union of […]

Worrying over skills shortage in Australia, Andrew Leigh, an active member of ruling party, outraged for increasing the number of skilled migrants in the country to fill the huge requirements of workers in the Australian labor market. Leigh stretched the matter of skills shortage that can be a great hurdle for economic developments and advocated […]

As it is too well known, a large number of the overseas workers have continued to move to the largest state of Australia, i.e., Western Australia. They have been using the 457 temporary work visas duly sponsored by the national job-providers from the construction and mining industries–to positively address the issue of severe skills scarcity […]

The Government of Australia is aiming at attracting more number of overseas skilled workers to the country. The government of this beautiful nation is planning to do so by bringing fast track changes to the 457 visa program. The federal government is extending the time period from 3 to 6 years to allow some businesses […]

A major project in Australia might lead to a major demand for foreign skilled migrants, especially the foreign trained engineers. The nation is gearing up for the construction of the National Broadband Network. This huge project is expected to raise the current demand for more visa applications to the nation. According to Graham Bradley, the […]

A global business consultancy firm conducted a survey based on which it was found that the current boom in Australia has led to lower levels of unemployment. It has also led to a higher demand for foreign skilled migrants to cater to the local labor markets which is in short of the relevant skills. This […]

A report by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship affirmed the following statistics concerned with subclass 457 business (long stay) visa program for the year 2009-2010: As compared to the last year, the number of applicants and grants for 457 visa category in November 2009 turns out be 43% lower than the same in the […]

Today, there are more than 68,000 migrants working in Australia under the skilled migrant category, most of them earning higher than that mentioned in the Minimum Salary Levels (MSL). Recently, the Australian government has made various amendments in its budget to cater to the skilled migrants working in Australia. Commonly known as the 457 visas, […]